Category: News
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JOCELLE JOINS CES 2023: GLOBAL STAGE FOR INNOVATION IN LAS VEGAS
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the biggest electronic event in the world and a testing ground for cutting-edge innovations. The greatest brands in the world conduct business, meet new partners, and take the stage at this event. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® owns and produces CES, which showcases all facets of the IT industry. […]
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Digital Innovation for Women Advancement (DIWA) Launched
The active and increased involvement of Filipino women in information and communications technology will greatly advance the Philippines’ aim to building an inclusive and sustainable digital future. This is the what the Office of the Undersecretary for ICT Industry Development (OUIID) under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) aims to empower as it […]
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DICT Chief Tops Cabinet Trust Ratings, Gets 2nd Highest Approval Mark
DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy Tops Cabinet Trust Ratings, Gets 2nd Highest Approval Mark Based on RPMD Survey Department of Information and Communications (DICT) Ivan John Uy garnered the highest trust rating (89% of respondents) among Philippine cabinet members and second highest approval rating (74% of respondents) in the year-end nationwide survey conducted by the […]
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DICT, Bataan Host Global Blockchain Summit
The Philippines is fast emerging as a global hub for blockchain and other new technologies, as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), in partnership with the Provincial Government of Bataan, convened local and international blockchain experts and industry leaders for the country’s first Global Blockchain Summit on October 26-27, 2022 held at the […]
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PH Tech-Startup Grants Now Available
Filipino startups can now apply for startup grant fund to scale their enterprises. QUEZON CITY – Department of Information and Communications Secretary Ivan John Uy led DICT’s celebration of the Philippine Startup Week by signaling the opening of the Startup Grant Fund (SGF) application process. The first-ever SGF Department Circular has been signed and approved […]
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Bucharest Declaration on “Building a Better Digital Future for All”
Bucharest Declaration on “Building a Better Digital Future for All” We, the Ministers and high representatives of Member States of the International Telecommunication Union, representing 49 countries from all regions worldwide, met today, on 25 September 2022, in Bucharest, Romania, at the Ministerial Roundtable, ahead of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022, at the kind invitation […]
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Countryside Digital Champ Joins DICT
Countryside digital advocate Jocelle Batapa-Sigue was appointed as undersecretary for ICT Industry Development of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) under the leadership of Secretary Ivan John Uy. She will also exercise supervision for the ICT Industry Development Bureau (IIDB), ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau (ILCDB), and the National ICT Planning, Policy, […]
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Toboso Holds First Kinilaw Festival
The first Kinilaw Festival highlighted the ingenuity of the people of Toboso in preparing fresh seafood, meat, and vegetables to be eaten raw. To enliven the spirit of Toboseños after having suffered from the economic impact of the pandemic, Toboso mayor Richard Jaojoco designed and staged a festival that showcase the skills of his constituents […]
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Negros Occidental Healthcare Information Management (HIM) Industry Welcomes 40 New Medical Coders
Bacolod City and the Province of Negros Occidental welcomes a total of forty (40) Negrenses who completed the medical coding professional course under the first Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Tulong Trabaho scholarships. From SUNSTAR Bacolod (May 27, 2022 Issue) In a graduation ceremony last May 18, Wednesday, the new coders were formally […]
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BOI Strongly Promotes CREATE Incentives for ICT and Innovation Drivers in Visayas
Information and communications technology (ICT) advocates in Western Visayas see the whole region as an abundant source of more ICT-enabled startups and innovative enterprises under the new regime of government fiscal incentives. The Board of Investments (BOI) in the Visayas meet with various information and communications technology (ICT) advocates in the Visayas to aggressively promote […]
Jocelle Batapa Sigue 